Red Dead Online is exhibiting indicators of life after Rockstar added new missions to the sport, and as you’d count on followers are as soon as once more speculating {that a} next-gen replace for Red Dead Redemption 2 is within the works.
Most followers had come to phrases with the concept Rockstar had moved on from Learn Dead Online again in 2022, however the developer has unexpectedly launched the brand new Unusual Tales of the West replace, which incorporates 4 new missions and a tease of extra to come back.
The brand new trailer, under, is the primary Rockstar has launched for Red Dead Online since 2021.
Here is the official blurb:
Writer Theodore Levin can’t imagine the rumors and missives he’s been receiving from the 4 corners of the American frontier. He’s engaged on an anthology of those unexplained and bizarre phenomena and he wants your assist investigating the wildest claims that cross his desk.
Unusual Tales of the West would require steely resolve and braveness within the face of the odd, twisted, and downright supernatural. Embark upon these 4 new Telegram Missions by selecting up Mr. Levin’s letter at any Publish Workplace or out of your Camp’s Lockbox, then opening it by way of your Satchel or launching Telegram Missions out of your Participant Menu.
The 4 new missions are Unusual Tales of The Plague, Unusual Tales of Trendy Science, Unusual Tales of The Bayou, and Unusual Tales of The Wilderness. As reported by @videotechuk_ on X / Twitter, the replace provides a brand new zombie contaminated mode, the primary mission of which takes place in Armadillo.
Rockstar has launched a brand new zombie “contaminated” mode in Red Dead Online as a part of the brand new Unusual Tales of The West telegram missions
The primary mission takes place in Armadillo and the principle goal to kill contaminated and carry them to a wagon as a group.
Contaminated carry knives. pic.twitter.com/TC9uOuIDEI
— ben (@videotechuk_) July 1, 2025
Fans are nonetheless digesting the information, with posts throughout social media and subreddits exhibiting the extent of pleasure.
However what does this imply for Red Dead Online and father or mother recreation Red Dead Redemption 2? Given the zombie nature of the replace, some are questioning if Rockstar has ready an Undead Nightmare-style enlargement for Red Dead Redemption 2. That will come as an enormous shock given the studio’s all-hands-on-deck give attention to subsequent 12 months’s Grand Theft Auto VI, however maybe extra seemingly is a next-gen port.
In Could, GameReactor reported {that a} Nintendo Swap 2 model of Rockstar’s Wild West romp was on the way in which, together with a “next-gen improve patch” that will enhance the sport for current-gen techniques (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X and S). Each may very well be launched later in 2025, in response to the location.
Fans have lengthy referred to as for an up to date model of Red Dead Redemption 2, which is taken into account a masterpiece. IGN’s Red Dead Redemption 2 evaluate returned a ten/10. We stated: “Red Dead Redemption 2 is a recreation of uncommon high quality; a meticulously polished open-world ode to the outlaw period.”
For now, Red Dead Online followers are having fun with digging into Unusual Tales of the West, which is formally described as Vol.1. This means one other content material drop is coming. Regardless of the future holds, it appears Red Dead Online is again from the useless.
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